Author Archives: David Isenberg

A Mixed Picture: How Mali Views the Wagner Group

A Mixed Picture: How Mali Views the Wagner Group Dr Antonio Giustozzi 27 March 20248 Minute Read Despite the death of its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group’s operations in Mali… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Hyderabad youth duped into joining Wagner Group dies in warzone DC Correspondent 6 March 2024 2:32 PM

Hyderabad youth duped into joining Wagner Group dies in warzone DC Correspondent 6 March 2024 2:32 PM Hyderabad youth duped into joining Wagner Group dies in warzone Mohammed Asfan, a resident… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Russian Military Intelligence Takes Over Wagner Operations in Libya

Russian Military Intelligence Takes Over Wagner Operations in Libya Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 21 Issue: 38 By: Andrew McGregor March 12, 2024 05:37 PM Age: 2 months (Source: Russian Military… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Russian Mercenaries Hunt the African Warlord America Couldn’t Catch

Russian Mercenaries Hunt the African Warlord America Couldn’t Catch Wagner’s hunt for Joseph Kony shows the Kremlin’s reach is expanding across Africa, as Washington’s strategy on the continent unravels April 27,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and the Information Work of the Nineteenth-Century Surveillance State. By: Bilansky, Alan, Information & Culture, 21648034, 2018, Vol. 53, Issue 1 Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and the Information… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’

The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’. By: Fraser, Ben, Journal of Military Ethics, 15027570, Sep2013, Vol. 12, Issue 3 The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’ Contents… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Inside Operation Gideon, A Coup Gone Very Wrong

Inside Operation Gideon, A Coup Gone Very Wrong. By: DUGAN, KEVIN T., Rolling Stone, 0035791X, Jan2021, Issue 1347 Inside Operation Gideon, A Coup Gone Very Wrong Full Text Listen Why did three… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during the Cold War, 1964–1987

Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during the Cold War, 1964–1987. By: Voß, Klaas, Cold War History, 14682745, Feb 2016, Vol. 16, Issue 1 Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Overcoming Dilemmas Created by the 21st Century Mercenaries: conceptualising the use of private security companies in Iraq. 

Overcoming Dilemmas Created by the 21st Century Mercenaries: conceptualising the use of private security companies in Iraq. By: Bjork, Kjell, Jones, Richard, Third World Quarterly, 01436597, Jun2005, Vol. 26, Issue 4/5 Overcoming… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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From Mercenary to Legitimate Actor? Russian Discourses on Private Military Companies

From Mercenary to Legitimate Actor? Russian Discourses on Private Military Companies Author: Larsen, Karen Philippa Author Affiliation: U of Copenhagen Source: Post-Soviet Affairs, November 2023, v. 39, iss. 6, pp. 420-39 Publication Date:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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